The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov (russian: Другая Россия Э. В. Лимонова, Drugáya Rossíya E. V. Limónova), formerly The Other Russia (russian: Другая Россия, Drugáya Rossíya), is an unregistered

National Bolshevik National Bolshevism (russian: национал-большевизм, natsional-bol'shevizm, german: Nationalbolschewismus), whose supporters are known as National Bolsheviks (russian: национал-большевики, natsional-bol'sheviki ...

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, founded on 10 July 2010 by

Eduard Limonov Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko ( rus, Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко, , ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ sɐˈvʲenkə, links=yes; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020), known by his pen name Eduard Limonov ( rus, Эд ...

. The Other Russia was reorganized in September 2020 and changed its name to "The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov", in honor of their deceased founder who had died the same year.

History

Origins

The Other Russia was established on 10 July 2010 by former members of the banned National Bolshevik Party during their congress in Moscow. On 21 January 2011, The Other Russia was denied registration by the Federal Registration Service because they did not have enough popular support among the Russian people.

Activity

In 2010, three members of the party were arrested and beaten for their role in the Manezhnaya Square riots. These arrests were flagged by human rights organizations as politically motivated by the members' involvement in The Other Russia. Since 2014, National Bolsheviks members of The Other Russia participated in pro-Russian unrest in Donbas. Members of the party formed armed troops Interbrigades and two members of The Other Russia were killed during the

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. On 6 November 2017, several party's activists were arrested in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

for unauthorized protest as they commemorated the

Bolshevik Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

centenary. On 7 February 2018, Kirill Ananiev, a veteran member of the banned National Bolshevik Party and The Other Russia, was killed in the air strikes during the Battle of Khasham. On 22 September 2018, the special congress of the Other Russia party was held in Moscow.

and another leaders gave their speeches. The congress was attended by delegates from regional branches of the party. Beness Aijo participated as representative of the armed forces of Novorossiya. During the International Security Exhibition in Moscow on 26 October 2018, The Other Russia activist Olga Shalina cut her veins in act of symbolic protest against

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in Russian penitentiary system. Shalina spoke about conditions in Russian prisons and spread leaflets criticizing

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, shouting "Freedom for prisoners!" Eduard Limonov died on 17 March 2020 in Moscow. In September 2020, The Other Russia was re-organized and changed the party's name to "The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov", to honor their deceased founder.

Notable members

* Andrei Dmitriev * Beness Aijo * Aleksandr Averin

History

Origins

Activity

Notable members

See also

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